\u0027We\u0027ve got enough on the record out of Friday\u0027s hearing\u0027
Liberal MP Nathaniel Erskine-Smith, a member of the standing committee on industry, science and technology, told the Financial Post on Tuesday the contact between grocers should be enough for the Competition Bureau to open an inquiry.
“As the Competition Bureau is required by law to conduct its work confidentially, I’m not able to confirm whether the Bureau is investigating this matter,” spokesman Marcus Callaghan said in an email. “Generally speaking, when the Bureau finds evidence of anticompetitive activity contrary to the Competition Act, it will take appropriate action.”
In testimony to the committee, Loblaw president Sarah Davis said she sent a courtesy email to Empire and Metro, as well as to Walmart and the Western grocery chain Save-on-Foods to notify them of Loblaw’s decision to end the bonus. Davis said she had already informed Loblaw’s 200,000 employees and expected news of the decision would soon leak anyway.
La Flèche told the committee he had reached out to both Medline and Davis in May to ask whether they were planning on ending the bonuses and was told neither had made a decision. Medline said he insisted on having legal counsel on the line when La Flèche called in May, and declined to discuss the pay premiums.
“There is no good explanation for the CEO of Metro calling his colleagues and asking when they are going to end pandemic pay. There is no justification for that. It is inexplicable,” he said. “Canadian laws are weaker on wage fixing than American laws. And so if the Competition Bureau is of the view that they aren’t going to precede with an investigation because our laws are not fit for
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